Improvement in fences



J. D. & W. E. MANDEVILLE.

Pence.

Patented'Aug 13,1878.

MEETERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. D. c,

UNITED STATES PATENTOFFIoa.

JAMES I). MANDEVILLE AND \VILLTAM E. MANDEVILLE, OF CAROLINE,

NEYV YORK.

IMPROVEM ENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,050, dated August13, 1879; application filed June 1, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J. D. MANDEVILLE and W. E. MANDEVILLE, residents ofthe town 7 of Caroline, and with the post-office address of Mottville,in the said town, in the county of Tompkins and State of New York, havejointly invented an Improved Fence, whereof the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to the construction of fences without nails orother like means of attaclnnent o the boards or rails to the posts andour invention consists in the fastening we make to secure the boards andrails to the posts, as will be apparent as we describe it.

Figure l is a side elevation of our fence. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofour fence, near a post, showing our means of fastening the boards orrails to the posts. Fig. 3 is a section of a post, showing the forms andarrangement of staples we prefer, and Fig. 4 is a crosssection of a postwith band and staple in their places.

In Fig. 1, A is a series of posts, and a a are the individual posts ofthe series, made and set in any convenient manner, and B is any numberof boards or rails with any width used in the fence, and b b are theindividual boards or rails; and it will be observed that parts of theselengths of fence or panels are shown. Thus at the left hand are seen thefive boards or rails that are represented as making the fence, and theylap on and a little beyond the post a on the front of the post, and,proceeding toward the right of the figure, the next length of boards orrails is in a similar manner lapped on and a little beyond the posts,but on their rear; and at the right hand of the figure is seen a partofa third panel of rails 01' boards that in this length of fence laptoward the left hand, on and a little beyond the post a, in a mannersimilar to the left-hand rails, and in front of the post, and so on,alternately, one length or panel in front and the next in the rear ofthe posts. At 0 c cwill be seen the ends of metallic bands or ties, andin- Fig. 2 the sides of these bands or ties that hold the boards orrails to the posts; and also in Fig. 2 will be seen that staples d (Z dhold these bands or ties to the posts, and that these are driven, one ortwo for each band or tie, in the transverse sides of the posts, or thesides at right angles to the front of the fence-that is, regarding oneside of the fence as its longitudinal front or face, running on as faras the fence is extended-- and thus the ends of these bands or ties areto the front and rear, and their sides next to one of the transversesides of the posts and transversely to the longitudinal front ordirection of the fence; and this, as seen in Fig. 4, defines theirrelation to the posts, no matter what be the shape of the posts, forthus they have front and rear sides and sides at right angles to thefront of each post. New, on one of these lateral or transverse sides ofthe posts the bands or ties c are placed, as shown, and they hold theboards together, one on one side of each individual post and the otheron the other side of the individual post. It is sup- ,posable, notperhaps practicable, that these bands or ties can be so tight that theyshall hold the boards or rails to the posts withoutfurther appliances;but as involving the least labor, as well as being very efi'ective, wedrive one or two staples for each band or tie into the post, and thushold the hand to the post and the boards also to the post; and in Fig. 3are seen two forms of stapies-the eyed staple d and the ordinary staple01, whose precise forms are apparent in the figure.

We find by experience that the principal la bor of building our fence isthe setting 'of the posts, and not in the boring of numerousholes orother common laborious methods of attachment, for the simple driving inof our staples saves all that labor.

We prefer the use of annealed wire for the bands or ties, and show twoforms, one bent at right angles about the boards and the other withrounded corners--a form that naturally results when the twist (seen atf) is firmly given to lock the ends of the tie together. If the postsare of a given size and the boards of uniform size or width, weldedbands or ties may be used, secured by our staples to the post. Annealedwire we commonly use for the staples, and have a steel plate, grooved,and with a round tongue orfinger to bend them on, so as to make staplesrapidly.

The advantages and uses of our invention are apparent to those skilledin the art to which it appertains.

We claim- 1. The combination shown, for use in a fence, consisting ofthe posts a, the boards or rails "b, and transverse bands or ties asurrounding the boards or rails, and held to the posts by lshe lstaplesd, substantially as shown and set ort 2. The posts, boards, and bands orties, and staples, constructed and used as shown and described, when aseries of such boards and fastenings are used on the posts, one abovethe other, and make the fence, as set forth.

J. D. MANDEVILLE. W. E. MANDEVILLE.

Witnesses J. D. EAGLES, FRANK E. PERRY.

